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Clean energy from the East of England could power two thirds of UK homes
Staggering figures released today in a new infographic produced by GENERATE shows clean energy from the East of England alone could power the equivalent of 20 million UK homes by 2035. Working with the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) and key energy stakeholders, GENERATE has compiled a forecast of future energy production, in…
Greater Gabbard 10 year anniversary
Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm celebrates its 10-year anniversary of generating clean energy today! All 140 turbines of our joint venture with RWE have been operation since September 2012. Since then, the offshore wind farm has consistently produced power to over 400,000 UK homes each. Located in the North Sea, around 20km off the coast of…
GOW22 success
Global Offshore Wind 2022 took place in June bringing together the offshore wind industry for a super charged 2 day event. We’ve compiled a short video from the GENERATE East of England stand to give you a flavour of the 2 days; profiling the East of England’s offshore opportunity to an international audience whilst supporting…
BEIS gives the go-ahead for 2 offshore wind farms totalling 1500MW at its EA Hub project in the North Sea
GENERATE, the East of England’s pioneering energy investment partnership, has welcomed the announcement that ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North offshore wind farms have been given development consent by Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Kwasi Kwarteng. Ian Pease, Energy Development Manager, GENERATE said: “We are really…
Consent for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard Wind Farm
GENERATE welcomes the recent announcement that Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard wind farm has been given development consent, by Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Kwasi Kwarteng. This comes just weeks after it’s sister project Boreas was also granted consent, both Norfolk Boreas and Norfolk Vanguard will generate up to 1.8GW providing nearly…
Consent awarded for Norfolk Boreas Wind farm
Good news for the region and for the climate as Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for BEIS announced that Vattenfall’s 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas wind farm has been granted planning consent. Initial consent for the project was due to be decided earlier this year, but Kwarteng triggered a pause on the process soon after announcing plans…
Opportunities in US Offshore Wind Seminar
Charles Macdowell from Virginia Beach Economic Development kicked of the US Offshore Wind Seminar at OrbisEnergy, on Friday 3rd December. We also heard from 4C Offshore Limited’s Dr James Bernthal-Hooker who provided insight into the US offshore wind outlook. This was followed by Seajacks‘ John Palmer – an incredibly successful business headquartered in Great Yarmouth, who have built their…
Norfolk & Suffolk All Energy Industry Council
An inspiring Norfolk & Suffolk All Energy Industry Council (AEIC) meeting held on Monday 6th Dec led by New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership and chaired by Mark Goodall, demonstrating first hand the region’s incredible energy sector. With project updates from Hydrogen East (Michael Brown) and a look at Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s (Andrew Holyland) New Anglia Fit4 Offshore Renewables programme…
EEEGR Wind Week Update
EEEGR Wind Week Conference – Friday 29th October EEEGR are delighted to announce their confirmed sessions & speakers for the conference celebrating East of England’s Wind Week: Greg Hands Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth & Peter Aldous, Conservative MP for Waveney, Political Landscape & Policy Dan McGrail Chief Executive, RenewableUK, Onshore Wind Prospectus Launch Michael Somerville Project Controls Manager,…
GENERATE launches at Global Offshore Wind 2021
Politicians and developers showed their support for the East of England at Global Offshore Wind 2021 GENERATE, a pioneering partnership of East of England businesses and political leaders created to champion and showcase the region’s energy investment opportunities and capabilities launched at Global Offshore Wind last week. In partnership with East of England Energy Group…